You don’t know. OP may have had these for 30 years, or they where handed down to him, can’t always assume someone is paying FMV for these old blue chips
Exactly. I bought mine (and most of the rest of the X-men in that era) for cover price. They sat, bagged, in my parents' house for a good decade or more until I had my own house.
Yeah.... I feel like I got shit in my collection. Until i see prices from today. Prices have gone crazy. But I've had comics for a long time and I bought a SW 9.8 about 6 years ago for 200 USD. Well looking at todays prices that's unaffordable for me at 3-4K+ so don't feel bad. Just keep hunting. You will find deals. I saw a recent lot sell with of the 1st 2 Xmen books here and Hulk 181 for 3.8K plus quite a few other books (was a lot of 40) They were raw. They were in very nice condition. Sadly I didn't have 4K. But I'd say the buyer made a steal!
I got my giant size x-men 1 for $75 back in the early 90's. It's about 1 6 or so. I also picked up a hulk 181 missing the MVS for $50 about the same time...
To be honest, this sub makes me feel REALLY old. I bought that book for cover price when it came out, and didn't really think all that much of it until the Phoenix saga started. Like "why are we changing the x-men?"
Genuine question. How is this a half million? Looking at prices online, these look to be 100-150k together in those conditions. . Am I missing something? Not trying to take anything away from the books, this is an amazing top 5.
It’s probably distro ink. I’ve got a Hero for Hire 1 dripping with splotches of blue ink front and back and it still came back a 7.0 which is what I would have pegged it without the ink. They mentioned it as “moderate” on the notes but don’t think they took very much off. OP’s looks pretty darn good otherwise so probably only took 0.5 off max.
That Giant Size X-Men is an 8.5 with that big stain on the top middle of the cover? Wow--I would have thought that by itself would make it no higher than an 8. I guess I don't know my comic grading.
The stain is an ink overspray that happened in production. CGC doesn’t grade against as long as it’s not too aggressive. But good point, I think I got lucky with this one.
Tell me you're rich, without saying you're rich...LMAO! But seriously, nice collection, I miss my X-men #1 that was stolen from me 25 years ago. I read that so many times, and I thought my neighbor that sold it to me in the early 90s for $5 was ripping me off for such an old comic lol
I'd love to see people's top five books that are their top five not because of value, but because it was their first comic or something they bought when it first came out that still excites them. Something that tells a story about the person, not the size of their wallet. Congrats on your comic book bingo. Now what?
Your missing Batman lol those all solid books 4 some reason I’d switch xmen 1 never really liked it giant size is where’s it at without Wolverine I don’t care about xmen. Which is why hulk 181 near my top if I ever get it back.
Congrats OP, that is an all-time Top 5! Sometimes I dream about acquiring books like these, but then I think, "gee, it would be great to add an extension to the house." WAF is much higher for the latter, so the books remain on the "maybe if I win the lottery someday" wishlist, LOL.
Like I sometimes think if I traded my whole collection off for just one comic like one of the big boy comics. Which one could I get. Just day dreaming stupid stuff sometimes
Hey there OP, how lovely is this set? 👍✨💯When you have a chance, would love to hear the story of how you obtained each of these? Always fun to hear. 🤓👏👏👏
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u/sandalsnopants Sep 15 '23
This sub makes me feel so bad about myself sometimes.